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Intimacy is not spelled S-E-X
Intimacy is not spelled S-E-X—or at least not primarily. The sexual relationship…
Intimacy is not spelled S-E-X—or at least not primarily. The sexual relationship with our wives should be a by-product of the everyday intimacy in our lives. Intimacy given rightly, given freely, and given not for…
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Your Fear of Getting Caught Is Contributing to Your Porn Addiction
What is your biggest fear? For me personally, it’s snakes. I hate…
What is your biggest fear? For me personally, it’s snakes. I hate snakes—even little, innocent, harmless garter snakes. I know they can’t hurt me. I’ve been told they’re more afraid of me than I am…
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Paul vs. Porn: How the Old Apostle Delivers a Death Blow to a Modern Addiction
Why are so many today seemingly hooked on porn—I mean, other than…
Why are so many today seemingly hooked on porn—I mean, other than the seductive naked people? More than one in three (39%) Christian men and one in eight (13%) Christian women say they believe their…
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Porn is Not Your Problem. Entitlement Is.
The greatest enemy of your marriage is not pornography. It is not…
The greatest enemy of your marriage is not pornography. It is not lust. It is not fantasy. It is entitlement. My wife and I were both virgins when we got married. My church upbringing and…
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License to Lust: How Porn Trains Objectification
What is a woman? Is she a collection of body parts? Is…
What is a woman? Is she a collection of body parts? Is she made of plastic? Or is she a whole person with a soul, full of all the things that make a person human:…
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7 Attitudes that Hinder Recovery from Sexual Sin
Why is recovery from sexual sin so incredible difficult? I believe millions…
Why is recovery from sexual sin so incredible difficult? I believe millions of Christian men and women have realized that they have become hooked by this powerful sin and feel so defeated because it seems…
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How to Be Free From Sin: The Higher Law Than “Try Harder”
Most Christian men are on a treadmill of frustration when it comes…
Most Christian men are on a treadmill of frustration when it comes to lust. They hate their sin and yet somehow never seem to break free from it. They may have periods of “victory” and…
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The Power of Lust: Are You Addicted to Porn?
by Jerry Wright, Founder of Men Living Up There are many powerful…
by Jerry Wright, Founder of Men Living Up There are many powerful struggles that can distract or destroy men. The most powerful of them all is sexual lust. Why is it such a struggle for…
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Lust After Death: Advice to a Widower Who Fantasizes About His Wife
A week or so ago I received an e-mail from a man…
A week or so ago I received an e-mail from a man whose wife passed away recently. They had been married for nearly 40 years. In his loneliness, he says, he fantasizes about times of intimacy with…
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The Lies That Kept Me Trapped by Pornography
I can remember very vividly what it was like to feel the…
I can remember very vividly what it was like to feel the pull of pornography. I can remember those long nights, exhausted but still alert, looking for my fix. I would drag out the ritual…